Bill Commons

TX SB 1278

vetoed

Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 1278 pass?

No. TX SB 1278 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2025-06-22): Vetoed by the Governor

What is TX SB 1278 about?

TX SB 1278 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1278?

Parker, Thompson, Smithee and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1278, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-02-14
Latest action
2025-06-22 — Vetoed by the Governor
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Parkerprimary
  • Thompsonprimary
  • Smitheeprimary
  • Johnsonprimary
  • Blancocosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-22

    Vetoed by the Governor

    executive-veto

  2. 2025-05-27

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  3. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the House

    passage

  4. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  5. 2025-05-23

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  6. 2025-05-23

    House passage reported

    passage

  7. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  8. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-23

    Passed

    passage

  10. 2025-05-23

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  11. 2025-05-22

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-22

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-22

    Passed to 3rd reading

  14. 2025-05-22

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  15. 2025-05-21

    Placed on General State Calendar

  16. 2025-05-19

    Considered in Calendars

  17. 2025-05-19

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  18. 2025-05-19

    Committee report distributed

  19. 2025-05-19

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  20. 2025-05-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  21. 2025-05-15

    Considered in formal meeting

  22. 2025-05-13

    Left pending in committee

  23. 2025-05-13

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  24. 2025-05-13

    Considered in public hearing

  25. 2025-05-12

    Posting rule suspended

  26. 2025-05-10

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-05-10

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  28. 2025-05-08

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  29. 2025-05-07

    Reported engrossed

  30. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  31. 2025-05-07

    Passed

    passage

  32. 2025-05-07

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  33. 2025-05-07

    Record vote

  34. 2025-05-07

    Three day rule suspended

  35. 2025-05-07

    Vote recorded in Journal

  36. 2025-05-07

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  37. 2025-05-07

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  38. 2025-05-07

    Co-author authorized

  39. 2025-05-06

    Placed on intent calendar

  40. 2025-05-05

    Committee report printed and distributed

  41. 2025-05-05

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  42. 2025-05-05

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  43. 2025-04-29

    Vote taken in committee

  44. 2025-04-29

    Testimony taken in committee

  45. 2025-04-29

    Considered in public hearing

  46. 2025-04-29

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  47. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  48. 2025-02-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  49. 2025-02-14

    Filed

    filing

  50. 2025-02-14

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 1278 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-07 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-22 · pass · 142-0

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • King: absent
    • LaHood: absent
    • Smithe: absent
    • Bucy: absent
    • Canale: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 140-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • J: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Smithe: absent
    • Luther: absent
    • Virdell: absent
    • Zwiene: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1278.xml

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